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Conveyance locating system and method for multiple conveyances on the same right-of-way

  • US 6,353,320 B1
  • Filed: 09/13/2000
  • Issued: 03/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for identifying multiple conveyances of a single service provider on a common right of way, comprising the steps of:

  • impressing on each conveyance of the same service provider a locating signal of a prescribed frequency; and

    impressing a pulsed confirmation signal on each conveyance of the same service provider, wherein the pulsed confirmation signal is unique to each conveyance and contains information which uniquely identifies said conveyance and which also identifies its relationship with the other conveyances such that when the pulsed confirmation signal is received by a technician, the technician will be alerted to the total number of conveyances belonging to the same service provider along the right-of-way.

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